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greatcoat

American  
[greyt-koht] / ˈgreɪtˌkoʊt /

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a heavy overcoat.


greatcoat British  
/ ˈɡreɪtˌkəʊt /

noun

  1. a heavy overcoat, now worn esp by men in the armed forces

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Etymology

Origin of greatcoat

First recorded in 1655–65; great + coat

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The king, wearing the uniform of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, including a grey greatcoat against the cold, laid a wreath featuring 41 open-style fabric poppies.

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2023

The two minutes' silence that falls after Big Ben sounds sees faces long with memory and grief, none more so than the King, a single poppy blazing out from the blue-grey lapel of his greatcoat.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023

His name and iconic image — the bicorne hat worn sideways, the army greatcoat, the hand inserted in the vest — are instantly recognizable the world over.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2021

In the latest shot, the Hound can be seen clasping his greatcoat close to his chest as snow and hail envelopes his party.

From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2017

From it a red-faced, cherubic-looking man, evidently in his mid-fifties, wearing a heavy and impressive Russian-style greatcoat, stepped and, smiling, his hand extended, approached Rick’s car.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick